What a sad mistake we sometimes make when we think that God only cares about Christians.
04233 – A Sad Mistake
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03814 -FREE Grace
We cannot and do not earn the grace of God. It is already given to us in our baptism. There will always be plenty of people who will want you to think you have to earn it. Don't ever believe them. You couldn't earn it even if you tried. It is free.
03607 – Forgiveness Sets You Free
Forgiveness is not pretending evil never happened, and it is not calling evil good. Forgiveness is setting yourself free by not giving others the power to hurt you again every time you think about them. from Gray Matters
03523 – How Much Do We Really Need?
We need much less than we think we need.
03475 – Once a Child, Always a Child
I am still every age that I have been. Because I was once a child, I am always a child. Because I was once a searching adolescent, given to moods and ecstasies, these are still part of me, and always will be... This does not mean that I ought to be trapped or enclosed...
03403 – Singing like Birds
I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.
02836 – Picking Books to Read
The book to read is not the one that thinks for you but the one which makes you think.
02827 – Knowing God
God approaches our minds by receding from them. We can never fully know Him if we think of Him as an object of capture, to be fenced in by our own ideas. We know Him better after our minds have let Him go. The Lord travels in all directions at once. The Lord arrives...
02799 – Honesty vs. Deceit
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
02728 – I’m the Instrument for God’s Story
Don’t let me ever think, dear God, that I was anything but the instrument for Your story—just like the typewriter was mine. from A Prayer Journal